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Someone Did Something Nice For Me Today.

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frenchiemama Collaborator
frenchiemama
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I was in my stats class today, and one of my classmates brought in cookies for a birthday (not even hers, someone else in the class).

She knows that I have celiac disease, I sat with her at this reception that we had to go to and I couldn't eat anything they had.

Anyway, she brought in a couple dozen cookies for the whole class, and after she had given those out she came over to me, handed me an orange and said "I know that you can't have the cookies so I brought you this instead."

I thought that was SO nice! I couldn't even believe it, what a thoughtful thing to do. I almost got teary-eyed over it!

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Guest Viola
Guest Viola
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Wow! Someone who actually "Gets it" How wonderful! :D Lucky you for having such a thoughtful classmate :rolleyes:

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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if only everyone was so thoughtful! the world would be a better place :)

MySuicidalTurtle Enthusiast
MySuicidalTurtle
Posted

That is very sweet!

debbiewil Rookie
debbiewil
Posted

That is great! And keep an eye on that classmate. With that ability to grasp the pertinent information and actually apply it, she should do well in her career. I know, I'm always looking for someone willing to actually take the information she's given and use it.

Debbie

Meredith Newbie
Meredith
Posted

That is super nice! I can top it though! I have a coworker who made a pasta dish for a company potluck and she went to Trader Joe's and got gluten-free pasta to make it with.. and then went out of her way to find gluten-free soy sauce..and then okay'd all of the ingredients w/ me before making it!

Guest nini
Guest nini
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That is so sweet!

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fisharefriendsnotfood
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How nice!

Guest imsohungry
Guest imsohungry
Posted

What a sweet classmate! :)

We could use doctors as attentive as that person! :):rolleyes:

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

That's very nice! Congrats to her for being thoughtful!

PicturePerfect Explorer
PicturePerfect
Posted

Wow, thats really sweet!!

Last year, my friend was bringing in some type of fudge that she makes at home. I mentioned that I had celiac disease before, and she was really nice about it. She told me all of the ingredients and made sure she was really careful about making it. I was so happy and touched that she would do that for me. :D

Lisa

Guest nini
Guest nini
Posted

I almost forgot about the time that my daughter and I were invited to a friends sons birthday party... Because she really wanted us to be able to enjoy the party, she MADE Pamela's gluten-free brownie mix into animal shapes and was very careful about making it, she also had veggie trays and other gluten-free snacks! We were so touched that she made the effort! Friends like that are hard to come by!

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